Herbert Hoover actually said...

It is the memory and the spirit of the greatest man of our race which pervades these grounds.

No incident and no part in these great events, which have echoed and reechoed throughout the world for a century and a half, can be separate...

The true eulogy of Washington is this mighty Nation.

The ceremonial of commemorating the founder of our country is one of the most solemn that either an individual or a nation ever performs.